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Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to

By Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Boyds Mills & Kane Press Imprint Calkins Creek ISBN

9781629798165

Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to

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Scipio Africanus Jones-a self-taught attorney who was born enslaved—leads a momentous series of court cases to save twelve black men who’d been unjustly sentenced to death.



In October 1919, a group of black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Up stepped Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who’d been born enslaved. Could he save the men’s lives and set them free? Through their in-depth research and consultation with legal experts, award-winning nonfiction authors Sandra and Rich Wallace examine the complex proceedings and an unsung African American early civil rights hero.

Epilogue. Authors’ note. Bibliography. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs.
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Nonfiction High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)

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